Ansible Role: epel

This role installs the EPEL repository (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) for RHEL/CentOS systems.

Requirements

This role is only needed on RHEL and its related systems.

Role Variables

Here are some important variables you can use (see defaults/main.yml for more details):

epel_repo_url: "http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}/{{ ansible_userspace_architecture }}{{ '/' if ansible_distribution_major_version < '7' else '/e/' }}epel-release-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-{{ epel_release[ansible_distribution_major_version] }}.noarch.rpm"
epel_repo_gpg_key_url: "/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"

• epel_repo_url: URL for the EPEL repository.
• epel_repo_gpg_key_url: URL for the GPG key.

You generally don't need to change these unless you're using a specific version or if the role is outdated.

epel_repo_disable: false

Set this to true if you want to disable the EPEL repository, even if it's already installed.

Dependencies

There are no dependencies for this role.

Example Playbook

Here’s a simple playbook example that uses this role:

- hosts: servers
    roles:
    - shaneholloman.epel

License

This role is released under the Unlicense.

Author Information

This role was created in 2023.